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Android 12 would be the twelfth major release and also nineteenth version of Android. The mobile operating system has been developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. The first beta was released on 18th May, 2021.
Android 12 was announced in an Android blog which was posted on 18th February, 2021. A developer preview was also released immediately, with two additional ones planned in the coming two months. Then after, four monthly beta releases has been planned, in the beginning of May, with the last one of them reaching platform stability by August, and general widespread availability coming shortly after that.
Android 12 introduces a major refresh to the operating system's Material Design language which is branded as "Material You", featuring larger buttons, an increased amount of animation, and a new style for home screen widgets. Also a feature, internally codenamed "monet", will allow the operating system to automatically generate a color theme for system menus and supported apps using the colors of the user's wallpaper. The smart home and Wallet areas which was added to the power menu on Android 11 have been shifted to the notification shade, with Google Assistant being shifted to holding the power button.
Android 12 also has native support for taking scrolling screenshots.
Performance improvements have been made to system services like the WindowManager, PackageManager, system server, and interrupts. It is also offering accessibility improvements for those who are visually impaired. The Android Runtime has been added to Project Mainline, allowing it to be serviced via Google Play Store.
Android 12 adds support for spatial audio, MPEG-H 3D Audio, and will support transcoding of HEVC video for backwards compatibility with apps which do not support it. A "rich content insertion" API will ease the ability to transfer formatted text and media between apps, such as via the clipboard.
OS-level machine learning functions will be sandboxed within the "Android Private Compute Core", which is highly prohibited from accessing networks.
Apps requesting location data can now be restricted to having access only to "approximate" location data rather than "precise". Controls to prevent apps from using your camera and microphone have been added to the quick settings toggles. An indicator will also be displayed on-screen if they are active. Thus it also has features which prevent misuse of our phone data.
But only time will tell how Android 12 will play in the market.
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